tourism and socio-economic transformation of rural areas: evidence from poland

This book aims to fill a gap in the current literature by tracing the rural transformation process and the development of rural tourism functions in Poland over the last 30 years.

Joanna Kosmaczewska isan Associate Professor at the University of Life Sciences of Poznań, Poland. Her basic interests in research encompass tourism economics on rural areas and tourism behaviour. She is author of about 70 publications and a number of expert assessments and projects in the field of tourism.

Walenty Poczta is Full professor, Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the Poznan University of Life Sciences. He is an author of over 400 publications, a member of numerous scientific councils and an expert of government institutions.